Re: Mitanni and Matsya

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "David Russell Watson"

<liberty@...wrote:

>
> Please look again at the etymology which bases the name
> on the root vr- 'enclose, confine, restrict' and the
> suffix -una-, and then look at the role of Varuna in the
> Rig Veda itself, where we are even told explicitly at
> one point that Varuna 'pra vrnoti', and then tell us if
> you still can't see it as anything but a loanword.
>
> And just what PIE suffix does Sanskrit -*una reflect, David?

I have no idea, but couldn't care less, because it
has nothing at all to do with the argument at hand.

My argument is that 'Varuna-' has a sound and fairly
obvious _Indo-Aryan_ etymology, and that it's highly
unlikely that it's a loan from Hurrian.

David